I want to see someone in a suit try to explain this to a dead firefighters’ family. Tell them that daddy isn’t coming home anymore because the bad man slipped through the cracks.
Raymond Lee Oyler has been around.
He’s spent time in Missouri where his rap sheet could pass him off as a delinquent teenager, except for the borderline stalking accusation by his ex-wife. Oyler violated a protection order put out by his estranged wife in 1999. According to records, Oyler entered her home and took several items while she wasn’t home.
A warrant was issued, but never served.
He made his way to California where he may has regressed to his primal urges and set several major fires including the devastating Esperanza fire, which began Oct. 26, destroyed 40,200 acres.
That’s 60 square miles burnt to a crisp for those of you, like CNN that are scoring at home.
More importantly, the fire also killed five firefighters trying to protect the many homes south of Los Angeles that were at risk.
Oyler was finally detained Monday and now faces five counts of murder, 11 counts of arson and 10 counts of using an incendiary device.
But he never should have had the chance to set those fires or kill those firemen. He should have been in jail eight years ago and his clear pattern of deviant behavior should have been rooted out. Oyler is clearly a sick man and as is far too often the case, good people suffer for society’s illnesses.